Dr Pradeep Madhivathanan completed his undergraduate medical training in India before he moved to the UK in 2005. He completed his postgraduate training from the Central London School of Anaesthesia (UCLH and Royal Free) leading to Dual Certification of Completion of Training in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine. In addition to the Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthesia, he also has the Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of the UK, Fellowship of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and the European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine.
He was a appointed as a locum Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine at St.Bartholomew’s Hospital in October 2014. He then moved to King’s College Hospital where he was appointed as a substantive consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care. Whilst at King’s College Hospital, Dr.Madhivathanan founded and established the PACE (Perioperative and Critical Care Echo and US) Academy, an educational initiative that supports research and educational events in the area of echocardiography and point of care ultrasound. He moved to Papworth in 2017.
His special interests are extracorporeal support in ARDS, perioperative and critical care echocardiography and point of care Ultrasound. He lectures in national (AAGBI) and international conferences and study seminars. He is a faculty member on the Royal Papworth ECMO, CALS and echo/ Ultrasound courses. He is an Intensive Care Society approved mentor for the Focused Intensive Care Echo (FICE) and Core Ultrasound (CUSIC) accreditation. He is an ESICM (European Society of ICM) approved supervisor for the European Diploma in Echocardiography (EDEC). He was awarded the NEXT fellowship in ARDS by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine in 2018.
Outside of medicine, he plays cricket for the Cherry Hinton cricket club in Cambridge. He is a musician; he plays the acoustic guitar, harmonica and the piano.
- Medical Education
- Critical Care Medicine
- Point of Care Ultrasound
- Critical Care transthoracic echocardiography
- Perioperative transoesophageal echocardiography
- Severe respiratory failure & ARDS
- ECMO
- Severe respiratory failure & ARDS
- ECMO
- Critical Care point of care
- Ultrasound
FFICM Fellowship of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, 2015
Dual Completion of Certificate of training (CCT) in Intensive Care Medicine & Anaesthesia, 2014
ESC European Society of Cardiology Full accreditation in Transoesophageal Echocardiography, 2014
EDIC European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine, 2014
MRCP (UK) Membership of the Royal College of Physicians, 2011
FRCA Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, 2009
MBBS, The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, 2002
The Royal College of Anaesthetists
The Royal College of Physicians, London
The Faculty of Intensive care Medicine
The Intensive Care Society (ICS), UK
The European Society of Intensive care Medicine (ESICM)
The PACE Academy, London UK
Flower L, Dempsey M, White A, Sanfilippo F, Olusanya O, Madhivathanan PR. Training and Accreditation Pathways in Critical Care and Perioperative Echocardiography. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Jul 17:S1053-0770(20)30717-5.
Flower L, Olusanya O, Madhivathanan PR. The use of critical care echocardiography in peri-arrest and cardiac arrest scenarios: Pros, cons and what the future holds.
J Intensive Care Society. June 2020.
Madhivathanan PR, Corredor C, Smith A. Perioperative implications of pericardial effusions and cardiac tamponade. British Journal of Anaesthesia Education. Volume 20. Issue 7. Pp 226-234 (Editor’s choice and most read article)
Flower L, Olusanya O, Madhivathanan PR.The Use of Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound and Echocardiography in the Management of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 May 15:S1053-0770(20)30430-4.
Shenouda JE, Madhivathanan PR. Should we be using extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation? Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2018 Dec 2;79(12):718
Kwanten LE, Madhivathanan P. Supraglottic airway devices: current and future uses. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2018 Jan 2;79(1):31-35.
Madhivathanan PR, Fletcher N, Gaze D, Thomson R, Chandrasekaran V, Al-Subaie N, Valencia O, Sharma V. Perioperative kinetics of endocan in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with and without cardiopulmonary bypass. Cytokine. 2016 Jul;83:8-12.
Raman VV, Kasivisvanathan R, Madhivathanan PR. A clinician's guide to viscoelastic testing in the perioperative period. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2015 Dec;76(12):690-5.
Raman VV, Shah N, Madhivathanan PR. Subclavian central venous cannulation: should ultrasound guidance be used in routine practice? Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2015 Aug;76(8):490.
Gillon S, Zafiropoulos A, Madhivathanan P Echocardiography training for non-cardiologists. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2014 Jun;75(6):346-8.
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